In my former life I was a high school media specialist. In other words, a librarian. In my current life (in addition to being Mommy, a blogger, and a publishing powerhouse - hahaha) I am also a writer and reader of young adult fiction. I realize that most of you probably never read fiction for young adults (even when you were young adults) and certainly don't now, but I want to make a plug for books written for the teenage set. Most of them are extremely well-written, they're usually focused on the wide theme of 'growing up' (and who can't relate to that) and for those of you who have teenagers,... more

Hey you all - I wanted to point anyone in the 'hoping to adopt' frame of mind to a wonderful resource: thinkingofadopting.com

Here's a bit about how the website got started:

Thinking of Adopting was founded in 2005 by Robin Bartko who was so moved after adopting her youngest son in July, 2004 that she committed herself to do something to help others adopt. Robin is very active in the adoption community, going to adoption conferences and adoption related seminars on an ongoing basis. She is also involved... more

So, you're hoping to adopt, you've just started to do research, and you've quickly become completely overwhelmed! There's so much to learn - so much to read - so little time in the day!

Hopefully I can help you get a little organized by making some suggestions for reading material. First and foremost I suggest subscribing to Adoptive Families magazine. I have been a reader of this magazine from the very beginning of the process and I have found it to be a wonderful source of information from process to culture to book reviews to developmental... more

When Tony and I started looking into the adoption process, we had many questions.

Now, we chose foster/adopt as our adoption path. However, there are MANY different types of adoption out there.

As a hopeful adoptive family (also known as an Adoptive Resource Family), the choices seem mind boggling.

The first thing that will help you along the most is deciding which age(s) you want to adopt.

Do you want an infant? You have several choices:

Adopting from a birth mother in the US (domestic) Adopting Internationally Private adoption from someone you know or have come to know, bypassing an agency, but needing an attorney ... more